• Fredericksburg Police Chief Betsy Mason
    Jun 29 2026

    This month, Free Press Editor-in-Chief Joey LoMonaco sits down with Fredericksburg Police Department Chief Betsy Mason to discuss everything from Flock Safety cameras to a series of unsolved assaults on the Canal Path. Mason also shares the personal significance of becoming the first woman to serve as the city's top cop, a position she's held for the past six months.

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    18 mins
  • Dr. Tashika Griffith at Anita's Cafe and Dessert Bar
    May 22 2026

    Griffith, who has served as the president of Germanna Community College for the past five months, discusses the past, present and future of higher Ed., as well as her island upbringing.

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    20 mins
  • UMW men's basketball head coach Marcus Kahn (black coffee at For Five)
    Mar 31 2026

    Host Joey LoMonaco sits down with Kahn, whose Eagles will face Emory University for the Division III men's basketball national championship on Sunday in Indianapolis.

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    21 mins
  • Joy Crump at Anita's Cafe (Flat white, a chef's journey and pivot to public service)
    Mar 9 2026

    Joy and Joey discuss the former's decision to run for City Council in Ward 2, and her experience in office for the past two-plus months. Also, food things.

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    38 mins
  • Eto Otitigbe (Dirty Chai and the art of taking things apart at Agora Downtown Coffee Shop)
    Dec 10 2025

    This month, host Joey LoMonaco sits down with Eto Otitigbe, an MIT-educated engineer-turned-artist who has spent the past year designing an installation where a slave auction block once stood in downtown Fredericksburg.

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    26 mins
  • Dr. Anand Rao (AI and Cafe au Lait at Eileen's Bakery)
    Oct 30 2025

    This month, Joey talks with Dr. Anand Rao, the director of UMW's Center for AI and the Liberal Arts. The two discuss the robotic technology's ability to disrupt and what it means for us humans. In a meta-ironic twist, the audio file got so scuffed that it required AI mastering to salvage.

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    43 mins
  • Micah Ministries' Meghann Cotter (Pumpkin frozen dirty chai at Hyperion Espresso)
    Sep 29 2025

    For this month's episode, host Joey LoMonaco sits down with Meghann Cotter, the longtime Executive Director of Micah Ecumenical Ministries, to deconstruct narratives about homelessness.

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    31 mins
  • Deuntay Diggs (black coffee at Anita's Cafe)
    Aug 22 2025

    Diggs, the current chair of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors also known as "the dancing deputy", opens up about his childhood traumas and how he emerged on the other side as an individual who doesn't fit preconceived molds. His memoir, "Beneath the Scar," is available on Amazon.

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    49 mins